Tommy Sowers is the founder and CEO of SoloPro, a startup trying to change the real estate world. He is in the process of building an entirely new business technology that promises to disrupt the industry. SoloPro provides homebuyers with ad-hoc purchasing services and connects agents with tech-savvy, experienced buyers. Sowers is also a former U.S. Army Special Forces officer.

First job: A laborer at a fish farm, digging ditches and cleaning tanks